“I Am One of Them”
Crossing Over, a documentary by director Isabel Castro, follows three transgender women—all of them undocumented Mexican immigrants—as they seek asylum in the US.“Although this started as a project to...
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The Rumpus Interview with Joshua Davis
I met up with Joshua Davis and his black lab Jake at his home office in Noe Valley to talk about Josh’s new book Spare Parts (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), the story of Christian, Luis, Oscar, and...
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A Language in Constant Rebellion: Talking with Aura Xilonen
Aura Xilonen, a native Mexican and current film student, wrote the novel Gringo Champion (Europa Editions) at only nineteen years old. It soon won Mexico’s Mauricio Achar/Random House Award, given to...
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #174: Melissa Rivero
In the political maelstrom that has become everyday life under this current administration, the national conversation regarding undocumented immigrant populations has been, and continues to be,...
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Closing Nazareth: On Shelter
When I set out, the sky is still night. And by night I mean only one thing happens at a time. Only the glow of the moon, only the faint outline of the mountain, only Rio Grande rolling ahead straight,...
View ArticleConstant Motion: Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
There was a time when Marcelo Hernandez Castillo made a secret of his life. Hernandez Castillo, who crossed the Mexican border with his family at the age of five, grew up in the shadow of his father’s...
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The Discourse of Undocumentedness: Talking with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Karla Cornejo Villaviecencio is the first undocumented person to be nominated for a National Book Award, which is a historic achievement. Her debut book, The Undocumented Americans, is shortlisted for...
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